shopping habits have a ripple effect on the global economy. asian markets were up on the news to record retail numbers. hong kong was unchanged. wall street investors like the packed stores. the dow added 172 points to once again move past the 13,000 mark where the nasdaq finished up 40 points. the holiday shopping season got started in record fashion thanksgiving night and the spending spree lasted through the weekend. a record 247 million shoppers visited stores or web sites over the four day weekend. this is an increase of more than 9% and they spent more than ever before, an estimated $59.1 billion. and retail analysts expect this cyber monday to be the biggest online shopping day of the year. they predict americans will spend one and a half billion dollars online today. that is an includes of 20% over -- increase of 20% over last year. >> did you get a lot of shopping done. >> i did a lot of shopping on friday. i wasn't planning on it. >> she has a new outfit. >> oh, shopping for yourself, are you. >> of course she is. >> i was at cost co